Prophet Ezekiel.

The prophet Ezekiel was active from 597-587 during the time of the Babylonian conquest. At the time of the writing, Babylon was a leading political power as a nation and one action of theirs was to exile the people of Judea in order to keep a tighter grip on their power. As the exile went on, Jerusalem and the Temple in the city were destroyed with the Judean people still in exile with little hope …

…a united Israel that will be ruled by one king. Under these circumstances, full restoration will be realized as there will be law-abiding living occurring in the promised land under a king descended from the line of David in a covenant of eternal peace. While most Christians understand the passage of the dry bones prophesy in a metaphorical sense, the passage does have some political merit today when one thinks about Israel's claim to Palestine.